Schering-Plough, Starbucks and Pacific Sunwear all rose as the broader market ended in the red. Bally Total Fitness shares were weighed down.

Shares rose 2% after Merrill Lynch upgraded the stock to Buy from Neutral. Analyst David Risinger cited a recent pullback in the shares' price, and a higher-than-expected earnings yield from the recent acquisition of fellow pharmaceutical company Organon. "Because Schering-Plough is the only [U.S. pharmaceutical] that is...